parental
of or relating to a parent.
proper to or characteristic of a parent: parental feelings.
having the relation of a parent
Genetics. pertaining to the sequence of generations preceding the filial generation, each generation being designated by a P followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.
Informal. one's parent: I'm headed for a vacation with the parentals.: Also called pa·ren·tal u·nit [puh-ren-tl yoo-nit] /pəˈrɛn tl ˈyu nɪt/ .
Origin of parental
1Other words from parental
- pa·ren·tal·ly, adverb
- in·ter·par·en·tal, adjective
- non·pa·ren·tal, adjective
- non·pa·ren·tal·ly, adverb
- post·pa·ren·tal, adjective
- un·pa·ren·tal, adjective
- un·pa·ren·tal·ly, adverb
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How to use parental in a sentence
The parentally favored candidate for Mary's hand, he finds it, evidently, too hard to give it up without a struggle.
A Christmas Accident and Other Stories | Annie Eliot TrumbullSo our fate was fixed, parentally, and we have been educated for each other.
Eugene Pickering | Henry JamesParentally, we care only for our own: socially, we care for all.
Concerning Children | Charlotte Perkins GilmanParentally, we are animals: socially, we learn to love one another.
Concerning Children | Charlotte Perkins Gilman"Don't excite yourself, Mr. Hardie," put in the doctor parentally.
Hard Cash | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for parental
/ (pəˈrɛntəl) /
of or relating to a parent or parenthood
genetics designating the first generation in a line, which gives rise to all succeeding (filial) generations
Derived forms of parental
- parentally, adverb
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